Psalm 65 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC ADAE FGFA HIHJ KADA L CMCN NONO PQPQv | A |
L M | B |
Public prayer and praise | C |
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The praise of Zion waits for thee | A |
My God and praise becomes thy house | D |
There shall thy saints thy glory see | A |
And there perform their public vows | E |
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O thou whose mercy bends the skies | F |
To save when humble sinners pray | G |
All lands to thee shall lift their eyes | F |
And islands of the northern sea | A |
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Against my will my sins prevail | H |
But grace shall purge away their stain | I |
The blood of Christ will never fail | H |
To wash my garments white again | J |
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Blest is the man whom thou shalt choose | K |
And give him kind access to thee | A |
Give him a place within thy house | D |
To taste thy love divinely free | A |
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PAUSE | L |
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Let Babel fear when Zion prays | C |
Babel prepare for long distress | M |
When Zion's God himself arrays | C |
In terror and in righteousness | N |
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With dreadful glory God fulfils | N |
What his afflicted saints request | O |
And with almighty wrath reveals | N |
His love to give his churches rest | O |
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Then shall the flocking nations run | P |
To Zion's hill and own their Lord | Q |
The rising and the setting sun | P |
Shall see the Savior's name adored | Q |
Isaac Watts
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